Chapter 8. Walk the Talk

So far, we have concentrated on laying the foundation for building SOA solutions in WebSphere Business Process Management. This included understanding concepts of SOA and learning the features and capabilities of the products that help us assemble, implement, deploy, execute, and maintain those solutions. Now has come the time to walk the talk, to get our hands dirty, and to put our knowledge into action.

The next few chapters will build out the pieces and parts of the Sales Fulfillment Application using the various features and capabilities provided by WPS and WESB. The architectural discussions so far have described the business and IT goals and requirements for JungleSea Inc., identified existing application systems, defined actors and use cases, and described business domains, process services, Business Services, and Access Services for the Sales Fulfillment Application. In this chapter, we will begin the process of assembling the SOA solution. The scope of this...